Cisneros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 JAIME HERRERA, ) 1:22-cv-00703-SKO (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ) ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE v. ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

) DENY MOTION FOR STAY TERESA CISNEROS, Warden, ) ) [Doc. 2] Respondent. )

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He filed the instant petition on June 10, 2022, challenging his 2017 conviction in Kern County Superior Court for multiple sex offenses. (Doc. 1.) Petitioner also filed a motion to stay and hold the petition in abeyance pending exhaustion of additional claims pursuant to Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 277 (2005). As discussed below, the Court will recommend that the motion for stay be denied. DISCUSSION A district…